StaCkedCop's training journal - A Iron Addict's Log -

I've been lifting weights since my early teen years and literally have been addicted since. My dad used to sneak me in the gym with him when i was like 10 lol I believe weight training, lifting and bodybuilding have kept me sane over the years and have molded me into the person I am today. The gym is MY TIME... 2 hours of absolute pleasure... No matter what kinda day I have (outside of being psychical injured) I know at the end I'll be in the gym with my type of people, doing what I love... LIFTING BIG ASS WEIGHT! Ok enough of that bullshlt haha

My goal with this log is to work on keeping track of my workouts! (duh, right? It's a workout log haha) but really sometimes I get so focused on the "feel good" buzz from working out I go to hard and over train or get hurt. So overall I want to focus on what I'm doing to maximize my gains in the gym.

Also would like to hear any thoughts, comments and concerns. I have yesterdays leg workout and Sundays arm work out logged in my phone I'll get them up to give an idea of how I train.

Get yourself a 2 liter bottle of soda and fill it with water.
Put bottle in the freezer
Once frozen check to make sure no air pockets are there
Then you sit on the floor with legs extended in front of you
Place the bottle under your knee cap and proced to roll it up your leg
Just treat it as a foam roller
Roll it up your hammy until you find a tight spot and then rest it on there and work it out

The ice feels good on the muscle and it's solid from being frozen and applies pressure on the muscle

It has helped me Hope it helps you

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." - Socrates

Have you done much glute or hamstring work before? Glute ham raises are great! You may want to spend more time warming up this area for lower body days. Some glute activation such as supine bridges, birddogs, fire hydrant circles, etc all may help loosen up your hips and warm up your glutes prior to a lift. How's your posture, specifically the curve of your lower back? If it is too much your hips can be tilted forward and cause tightness. Or it can be as simple as how your sleeping. Sleeping with your legs in the figure four shape can cause your hamstrings to get tight too. There are lots of possible reasons what I would do is find where your tight and stretch them and find where your weak and strengthen them. Good luck buddy

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." - Socrates

I've been going to a chiropractor for a few years and it helps a lot. He always bitches at me and says I need to stretch. Pretty much, from what he says, my tight hammy and glut tugs on my SI joint and sometime even pulls is outa place causing me huge amounts of pain. According to him when this happens the only thing I can do if get adjusted but he also says it's preventable by stretching and deep tissue massage. Until recently I was able to get away with stretching just on leg and back day.

On my way to read the "stretching" thread lol I ditched the water bottle and am now using a manikin arm... My Gf works at a clothing store and sometimes she brings me manikins and I take them to work on range day to shoot and blow up lol

Yup just stick with it, that is the hardest part for some people is getting the commitment. I have faith in you though bud, you seem like the determined set their mind to it and get it done type person

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." - Socrates

Yup just stick with it, that is the hardest part for some people is getting the commitment. I have faith in you though bud, you seem like the determined set their mind to it and get it done type person

I'm on stair master now overall was a good workout I'm happy with the numbers. It took me up until recently to be able to rep out 275 like that. Up until about a month ago I was only getting for 6-8 reps. New goal is 315 for sets a 10 lol I'm thinking maybe this time in 2013

I just finished attending a super bowl party at my sons school and ended up eating a couple pieces of pizza and was thinking of what workout I can do tonight to justify the extra food then I check your log and see you did a P90x workout and I think I am gonna do a DVD tonight too! Thanks!

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." - Socrates

I just finished attending a super bowl party at my sons school and ended up eating a couple pieces of pizza and was thinking of what workout I can do tonight to justify the extra food then I check your log and see you did a P90x workout and I think I am gonna do a DVD tonight too! Thanks!

That's why I love this forum were always able to help each other even when were not trying haha

Vascular as fuuuuuuuuck for being a fat ass haha Jk I can see most my abs!!

I skipped dead lifts today because my SI joint (lower left back) still is a little sore. I can most definitely feel a deference since I started the PVC, foam, and dog toy rolling. That sh!t is awesome! I will never let my body get this tight again... I think I'll avoid a lot of feature injuries if I keep up with the "stretching".

Also, I bought like 100 cans of tuna, baby! Time to get ripped haha hope I don't lose to much strength though.